This series of pages is designed to help both new and experienced users better understand and utilize the resources available on TRAC.

Commonly Used Terms

Attorney General's Priority	Attorney General's Priority Assigned Class of Referral (list of codes)
Asst. U.S. Attorney	Initials of Assistant U.S. Attorney handling referral
Disposition	Disposition Type (list of codes)
Disposition Date	Date of Disposition (year/month/day)
Disposition Reason	Reason for Declination/Nature of Disposition (list of codes)    (additional pre-1992 codes)
District	Federal Judicial District (list of codes) (map)
Judge	Initials of Judge (where assigned)
Lead Charge	Lead Charge at the Time of Referral (Title and Section of U.S. Code) (list of codes)
Prison Time	Prison Sentence in Months (M) or Years (Y)
Prison Time Suspended	Suspended Prison Sentence in Months (M) or Years (Y)
Probation Time	Probation Time in Months (M) or Years (Y)
Program Category	Justice Department Program Category (list of codes)
Prosecution Date	Date Prosecution Filed (year/month/day)
Referral Agency	Investigative Agency Making Referral (list of codes)
Referral Date	Date Referral Received (year/month/day)
Table Topics	Numerical Information Fields Used as Table Topics (list of codes)
$Fine	Fine in Dollars
$Fine Suspended	Suspended Fine in Dollars

 

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